Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1887-02-17
DAKOTA LEGISLATURE.
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and referred
Bins introduced: BY Wells, for the protection
of large game ana quail. By Weiser, memorial
to congress for the appointment OF committee
20 select school lands. BY Hughes. asnendlng
paragraph OF section 229 Of The Oiyli Code ~
| proposes to strike out the word court and IN
aert the word clerk" in said paTaRraPh- by
| Hughes, to amend sections 27l and ~, civil
Code. to enlarge the powers OF referees LOT ae-
cisions on questions OF law or fact. by collins,
for the creation OF board OF railroad aud ware.
houss commissioners. and for the regulation Oh
common carriers. This bill differs from his for
mer railroad and warehouse bill mainly IN pro-
viding for appeals and the national commission
| to be appointed under the interstate com
merce act The bill is also changed In minor
| respects to conform to that act.
The council bill TO exempt the proceeds OF
! life insurance from. attachment for debts OF
the deceased, or of tho beneficiary, II con-
| tracted prior to the decease of the insured,
was read the third time The judici-
airy committee recommended that 1t
do not pass, and a motion to
indefinitely postpone was carried,
Hughes bill to regulate grain warehouses
| and the inspection, weighing and handling OF
grain, and defining the duties Of railroad and
reading with the amendments reported Sat,
urday by the committee on warehouses and
graft grading. Some discussion followed on
motions for consideration, during which it
became manifest that the bill viii be sharply
criticised and contested Finally further
made the special order for Thursday at
D. IN. Only one bill was passed, that being
the council bill to legalize certain acts or
the board OF education OF Huron, Inc coun-
Gil bill providing how tickets shall be pre-.
pared for elections was amended by striking
out the words ION plain white printing
paper" and, after discussion, recommitted TO
the committee on elections.
HOUSE.
In the house Moore presented a petition in
favor of woman suffrage Fletcher, IN pre-
senttng large number OF petitions from ms
constituents in relation to the liquor trat1c
said the signers were citizens whom this leg
islature could not afford TO ignore. Petitions
OF like character were presented by Messrs
Ward and Mallory.
Bills Introduced by the Judiciary Commit
tee-To amend section Q chapter 81, of the Cen
| erai Laws of 1881. BY Dodds, TO amend the act
defining the boundaries of Nelson county (:
department Of agriculture By Shook, to pro-
vide for additional con- pensation fof district
attorneys In judicial subdivisions of two or
more counties, BY Adams, relating TO the burn
BY Elliott to regulate The duties OF railway cor
porations BY Burnhan, regulating all powers
OF arrest in civil actions By Jones' general act
for the incorporation Of towns and cities. By
Ward. accompanied by memorial to prohibit
the manufacture and sale Of intoxicating liq-
The Joint resolution was passed providing
for Joint committee to visit insane and
penal institutions Tile bill of Williams or
Burleigh TO appropriate $3.50, 900 for the
purchase of seed wheat was referred TO O
special committee OF nine, with Williams as
chairman House bills passed as follows:
Authorizing the division Of counties and for
other purposes; relating to funding the tndebt-
edness Of Nelson county; in relation TO the rem
dition Of fugitiyes from justice; increasing the
powers Of county commissioners.
In the house to-day Delegate Clifford intro
duced bill granting pension TO the widow
| of Thomas s. Free, late major in the Tenth
regiment Iowa volunteers Mai. Free was
at the time Of his death, some weeks ago,
adjutant general of the Dakota militia His
widow lives at YanktorL Mr. Clifford also in
troduced bill granting an increase OF pen
sion to James NJ Brown, late captain in the
Twelfth New Jersey infantry Brown is now
a resident Of Dakota
THE COUNCIL
Several petitions were received and re-
ferred asking for prohibition and woman
suffrage The house substitute resolution
for the appointment of a committee TO visit
the insane asylumns at jamestown and
Yankton was read, and resulted in consider
able discussion about the YankUon asylum
Mr. Smith insisted that il was a mere matter
of Justice that the Yank5on asylum should be
be visited as proposed Nj: Bogertdid not think
the work of the council should be crippled
by having any member absent He believed
in acting on the affairs Of these institutions
on the Judgment of the members of this
council Mr. Smith sent to the clerks desk
and had read letter which states that the
writer was employed at Yankton asylum az
ward attendant for fifteen months, and was
the only experienced male attendant He
| says:
The institution Is In bad shape. IL has run a
year without skiIlful physicians Patients re-
fusing TO work are ordered to the violent ward.
The bodies OF deceased patterns are not properly
cared for. There are at least twelve patients
who ought not to be there, who are kept there
because the managers wan i to appear that the
institution is crowded. Thg officials are tndif-
ferent to everything butt their salaries. The
cooking and laundry worklare poorly done
Mr. Hughe-9said, he had received a similar
son. The letter on It's 4 ke, he ssaisi, showed
malice. After further debate the motion %
nonconcur prevailed.
Bills Introduced-By Mr.! McCumber. TO pro-
vide for the registration OF voters: creating the
independent school township of Brightwood In
RichlSnd county. BY Hughes. legaliLing as
sessment rolls; TO divide the sixth subdivision
Of the Sixth judicial district. BY LAWYER, ere
ating and defining the subdivision of the Second
judicial district. BY Campbell, to reimburse
George Lilley for money advanced TO complete
public buildings. By Sheldon Of Hand. amend.
ing section 2. chapter %, Political Code, re-
servefng from taxation mechanics and farmers
implements TO the extent OF $500.
HOUSE.
The house then went into committee of the
whole, Dodds in the chair and took up the
bill to establish a soldiers home at Hot
Springs in Fall River county. The bill calls
for an appropriation OF $4,000. Croz
moved to strike out $4,000 and substitute
$3.50 He said:
The fact should not be lost sight Of that the
people Of the territory were poor. They had In
many sections lost their crops and would need
help Something must be done for them He
thought the proposed institution could get
along with half the sum asked for at the start,
and thst to ask more would be to defeat the
bill
Mr.. Stewart moved to suspend the rules and
put the bill on its final passage. Lost
Bulls introduced: By Dutch, increasing liquor
licenses from $500 to 81 900: 10 provide for
foreclosure of mortgages In courts Of record. By
Atkens joint memorial, praying congress to ap-
| propriACe $4,000 for the Improvement Of the
Big Sioux river. BY Elliott, joint resolution
monia law.
House bill passed: Requiring years resi-
dence before beginning proceedings for divorce
The council bill providing for establishing
the office OF county auditor, on petition of a
county, by the board of county commission
ers was passed after a long discussion. The
house bill to prohibit the wholesaling of
! liquors where retail licenses are not granted
came up Smith considered that the bill
would enact a local option law, depending
upon the dscI elton of county commissioners
Dodge was not in favor of county commits
sloner prohibition. Tine commissioners are
not elected on that basis When the people
OF a county say they want prohibition, he
would favor it He would favor local CD
ton law, but he would vote against this bill.
| HaTstad, in reply to a statement by Dodge
that no commissioners in North Dakota had
| been elected on a license or prohibition issue,
| called attention 10 Trail county at the last
| election, and stated that the commissioners
| OF that county were elected on the direct
issue, and that no discretion was left to them,
but they were instructed for prohibition by
the people The bill passed by q vote of is
to 3, and the council adjourned
COUNCIL.
The following bills were introduced:
BY McCumber relating to the handling and
| storage OF grain, aud prescribing the duties OF
warehousemen and the railroad and warehouse
commission in relation thereto. BY Mead, 70
amend chapter 656 Of the code Of civil proceed ure
! BY Wells, to amend paragraph /, section 22g of
the code Of civil procedure, relative TO appeals
| In district courts. BY Martin, to amend section
93 OF the code OF civil procedure. By Hughes,
providing for appeals from county boards OF
| equalization. By Collins, permitting the con-
structlon of bridges over navigable streams and
providing the manner of paying for the same.
Council bills PISSED: Providing for the de-
struction OF noxious weeds (changCs the existing
law so as to leave trs determine alton OF what are
noxious weeds 70 county commissioner Re-
moving the political disabilities of Heinrich
Muechow. To lessen the danger OF stampetes
from public halls and buildings. Recurring
school teachers TO mako record OF the visits OF
the county superintendent. Amending chapter
40, Laws of 1885, relating IL county mutual
insurance companies.
Hughes bin for taxing sleeping car COM
panies, car loading companies, ETC., was
amended as recommended by the revenue
committee, and was then made a special
order for tomorrow. DR.. Galloway gave
notice that on tomorrow he would offer a
resolution that from that time the salaries
| OF clerks of committees should cease
HOUSE.
At the opening of the houee the follow.